Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report 47

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 11/21/2003

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
New York Board of Trade

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
11/21/2003 		Change From Previous Week
December 2003 54 -3,172 0 -3,397 382 -10,304
March 2004 16,419 -1,965 9,488 711 62,228 -3,326
May 2004 9,321 54 735 17 13,698 1,447
July 2004 17,216 663 285 155 5,355 593
October 2004 2,283 8 774 92 257 -23
December 2004 3,224 334 1,554 359 3,895 -123
March 2005 1,199 21 10 10 386 14
May 2005 1,200 45 0 0 109 33
July 2005 1,902 58 0 0 122 122
December 2005 295 -975 0 0 0 0
March 2006 74 0 0 0 0 0
May 2006 112 0 0 0 0 0
July 2006 119 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 53,418 -4,929 12,846 -2,053 86,432 -11,567

1 Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future.

This report is published by the Commission's Division of Market Oversight.
If you have any questions concerning this report, call Vincent G. Varisano
Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9775.


Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
11/28/2003